mako shark

genus of fishes
Taxon taxon Q171298
mako shark
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mako shark

Summary

mako shark is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (437 views/month, #1,501 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • mako shark's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • mako shark is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • mako shark belongs to the parent taxon Lamnidae[5].
  • mako shark's scientific name is Isurus[6].
  • mako shark's Commons category is recorded as Isurus[7].
  • mako shark began on -99700000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • mako shark's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Isurus[9].
  • mako shark's taxon synonym is recorded as Oxyrhina[10].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, mako shark is Isurus[6]. It is classified at the rank of genus[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Lamnidae[5].

Identifiers

mako shark's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 69678[11]. mako shark's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7845[12]. mako shark's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46559752[13]. mako shark's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2420665[14]. mako shark's ITIS TSN is recorded as 159923[15].

Why It Matters

mako shark ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (437 views/month, #1,501 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Lamnidae
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    Taxon rank genus
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